Moving goods efficiently from A to B has always been dependent on experience, solid preparation, and agile problem-solving skills. However, prevention and pivoting strategies are only part of the puzzle when it comes to enjoying a stress-free and positive shipping and warehousing experience. Value-added services in warehousing can help add efficiency and increase your company’s bottom line. Let’s dive into how value-added services add value.
What are the Benefits of Value-Added Services?
When compared to investing time and money in setting up everything in-house, you can enjoy flexibility, quality, and ease by outsourcing your warehousing needs to an experienced provider. Taking advantage of an operator’s experience and knowledge, space, and equipment is a smart way to save on costs. Their heavy-duty equipment, certified operators, and experience in handling a variety of goods ensure that your freight stays in good condition throughout the delivery, handling, and storage process.
What are Some Value-Added Services that Warehouses Provide?
Cross-Docking: This streamlined method allows for the movement of goods directly from the supplier or manufacturer to the customer or retail chain with minimal or no handling or storage time in between transport. It’s an efficient system designed to unload inbound shipments, sort and consolidate materials, and immediately load them onto outgoing vehicles. Save money and optimize your supply chain by decreasing the need for stockpiling. With cross-docking, the distribution center provides a place to sort and allow goods to flow to their final destination quickly. Your customers are able to get what they want when they want it.
Transloading: This process involves the movement of shipment from one mode of transport to another form (for example, moving from an ocean container to truck or rail) and helps to reduce overall shipping costs by allowing for a faster and more efficient flow of goods. Having one single company that has access to ports and rails and provides both trucking and bonded sufferance warehousing services is your best choice.
Palletizing: Placing your goods on pallets makes it easier to move and ship your products. This not only helps facilitate a quicker delivery turnaround but also reduces both the amount of labour needed and the risk of worker injury.
In addition to the above, the following are also value-added warehouse services and in-house facilities that can help boost your business’ logistic efficiency.
- Sufferance warehouse bonded by the CBSA that allows for intact container examinations
- Ample loading docks and grade doors and railcar loading bays
- Container & Trailer Destuffing
- Dangerous Goods Storage
- Short & Long-Term Storage
- Loading & Securing Cars and Vehicles
- Blocking & Bracing
- Shrink Wrapping
- Container & Trailer Stuffing
As a leading provider in transportation and warehousing with authorized access to all major ports and rails, our experienced team is always up to date with the latest changes and developments related to shipping, trucking, intermodal transportation, and importing/exporting both domestically and internationally. We are also a one-stop shop for all your trucking and warehousing needs.
Whether you’re shipping goods within Metro Vancouver or throughout Canada, including BC, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec, our LTL/FTL services and a fleet of 250+ trailers and an extensive range of trucks are here for you. Contact us today at (604) 276-9044 or info@sandhartrucking.com to learn more about how we can help you save time and money.
